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Re:OkCupid Labs Data - Cats will get you laid by Breefield on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:17PM (#6035267)
It seems cat pictures correlate with longer conversations. They then suggest this means hooking up is more likely (perhaps OkC knows more about the signifiers of hookup than they are publishing here).

Couldn't the opposite also be suggested? Dog pictures mean less talking more meeting up in person, whereas cat lovers are conversationalists?

This entire article strikes me as very sharable though, cats = sex.

[edit]: I initially missed "Ravel is built with love by OkCupid Labs in San Francisco, CA" in the sidebar.

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Re:OkCupid Labs Data - Cats will get you laid by jaredsohn on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:19PM (#6035275)
>I hate to ignore the actual content, but this is not from OkCupi Labs, nor is it OkC Lab data, it's from Ravel App.

From the page: "Ravel is built with love by OkCupid Labs in San Francisco, CA"

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Re:OkCupid Labs Data - Cats will get you laid by andrewcooke on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:23PM (#6035294)
it's also got way more speculative bullshit and tired innuendo (and much less raw data) than the okcupid posts.
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Re:OkCupid Labs Data - Cats will get you laid by Breefield on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:23PM (#6035290)
Ah you're very right, my bad.
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Re:OkCupid Labs Data - Cats will get you laid by mcgrathpm11 on Friday July 12, 2013 @05:25PM (#6035303)
The primary point of the article is that dog photos lead to more 'introductions' between two users, while cat photos lead to more threaded messages - which likely lead to more in person meet ups.
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